half a goal per game with the national team

Waiting for that Barça Y Manchester City make their transfer official after the agreement that they reached for 55 million, more variables, Ferran Torres (21 years old) eagerly awaits the moment to travel to Barcelona. The strong bet of Barça by the Valencian forward, also endorsed by Xavi Hernandez, obeys not only the firm desire to Ferran Torres in dressing as a Barça player, but also in his scoring numbers, especially with the Spanish team, and his versatility.

In the season and a half he’s been in the City, that of Foyos he has scored a total of 16 goals in the 43 games he has played, in addition to giving four assists. Before, with the Valencia, a team where he grew up and became a professional, the Valencian scored 9 goals in 97 official games in three seasons (2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20) and none in 5 games with the Under-21 team in 2019. He was then a very young cheeky winger, with speed, dribbling and depth, but still not confident in finishing. Nor was it his main objective, since starting from the wing he sought more assistance than the shot, although he had shown signs that he could become a scorer. For example, with the Spanish Under-19 team he achieved seven goals in eleven games of the 2019 European Championship between qualifiers and the final phase, including the two in the final against Portugal (2-0) in an eleven with Arnau Tenas Y Eric Garcia.

With his arrival at Manchester City in the 2020-21 campaign, led by Pep Guardiola Y Juan Manuel Lillo, very involved in his conversion into ‘9’, began to exploit a scoring instinct which he took advantage of Luis Enrique in the Spanish team, where it is still more effective. In 43 official games in a season and a half for the English club he has scored 16 goals, distributing 5 assists, while in ‘La Roja’ he has 12 goals and one assist in 22 games. More than half a goal per game.

A mean crack

In fact, since his debut with The Red on September 3, 2020, in a duel against Germany in Stuttgart (1-1), Ferran Torres He has become the top scorer for the Spanish team. The one of Foyos adds the aforementioned 12 goals, while after him, who has scored the most goals is Alvaro Morata, who has signed 9 goals.

The average of 0.54 goals per game with The Red These are figures that they have not achieved in the beginning with their forward teams such as Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappé, Romelu Lukaku, Eden Hazard o Karim Benzema, among others.

Ferran Torres, a 3×1

In addition to his good figures against the rival goal, which will help solve the goal deficit accumulated by the Barça after the departure of Messi Y Griezmann, a Xavi he also likes Ferran Torres for its versatility. The Valencian, who can act in any of the three attacking positions, could be number ‘9’ with the Terrassa coach, who would reserve the right winger for Dembele and the left-handed winger to Ansu Fati.